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Of
Prayer.
great
power
and
cunning
politic
of
our fpirituall
erenvies,
wet
are
earnefllie
to
pray
that
the
Lord
wil
not
leade
vs
into
temptation
;
or
if
he
doe, yet
that
he
v'iI1
not
fuffer vs
to
fall
therein and'to be
oucrthro
ine.
And
thofe
our prayers
muff
not
onely bee publike
in
the
Church,
but
alto private in our
chambers
;
neither mull
wee
be alwaies
begging
thefe
bene-
fits
at Gods hand,
but
hauing obtained thetn,we
muff
be
as
roadie to giue hiin thank
es,
and to
afcribe the
glorie
ofall
unto him, who
is
the
author and
befiovv
er
ofall
vertue and
grace which
is
in
vs
;
and
fo
calling
vpon
God
with
all
man-
ner
cfprayer,
he will be
continually
roadie
to
ailifl
vs
in
our
fpirituall combat.
The third
thing
required,is,
that
wee pray
in
or the
fpi-
rit,for
the
word
here
vied may
fignifie
both.Firfi therfore
we
mull
pray
in
the fpirit;towhich
is
required,firfi,that
we
pray
with
vnderfianding
;
in
which refpeel the
ignorant
Papifis
offend,who
pray in
an
vnknowne
tongue;
and the
ignorant
Proteflants ado, who though
they pray
in
their
owne
lan-
guage, yet
know
not
the
feule
and meaning
of
that they
fpeake.
Secondly,that-we
pray with
attentiue
minds,
icyning
our
hearts
with
our tongues,and
thoughts with
words;
to which
is
oppofed
the
prayer
of
the
lippes
alone, when
as
wee draw
n
eere
vnto
God
with
our
inouthes, our hearts
in
the
meane
time
being
farre from him,as
it
is
Efa.29.1
3.
Which kind
of
prayer
is
odious and
abominable vnto
God
:
for
what
more
groffe
difcord
then when the tongue
and
hart
difagreefrom
one.
another;
which
fhonld
be
tuned
in vnifone
?
And
as
the
carcafe
being
feuered
from the
foule
is
prefentlie corrupt
and flinketh
;
fo
the-prayer
ofthe
lips
being
feuered from
the
prayer
of
the heart,which
is
the
life
and
route
ofit,
is
but
a
dead
carcafe
ofprayer,
and
flinketh
in
Gods
nofircls.
Thirdly,thatwepray
with
a
pure confcience
and
faith
vn
--
faitied,
iiicing vp
pure hands
to
God,
Nvithout
wrath
or
doubting,
a<iitis
i:Tim
:2.8.
to
which
is
oppofed
prayer proceeding
from
a
polluted
confcience,when
as
men liue in
their
finnes
without
any
-true
forow for
thofe which
arc
pail,
or
anie
fin
-
ccrepwpofe.to
fort
ke
them in the
time
to
come; which
prayers
.
'4.
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